Sustainable power sources have become indispensable in modern society. The most
promising renewable sources of energy are wind and ocean, which are widely distributed …

Abstract Integrating multi-type Wave Energy Converters (WECs) enables wave energy to be
extracted from multiple harvesting manners simultaneously, which presents a more …

Offshore wind and wave power are abundant energy sources and could provide long term
contributions to our future energy supply. The combined exploration of wind and wave …

This paper seeks to identify promising sites and technologies, in Portugal, for co-located
wave energy conversion and offshore aquaculture, whilst providing benchmark …

A pile-supported OWC breakwater is a novel marine structure in which an oscillating water
column (OWC) is integrated into a pile-supported breakwater, with a dual function …

A comprehensive experimental study is carried out to investigate the efficiency of a novel
floating dual-chamber Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter device in terms of …

In this study, according to the potential of available renewable resources in coastal areas, a
hybrid system is proposed. The generalizability of the results of this study to other areas with …

The back-bent duct buoy (BBDB) can be used as a floating oscillating water column (OWC)
wave energy converter, showing its potential and reliability in most previous prototype sea …

This paper presents the results of a systematic experimental investigation into the effects of
different mooring configurations on the hydrodynamic performance of a 1: 36 scaled …

Most previous experimental studies on the hydrodynamic and aerodynamic performances of
an oscillating water column (OWC) wave energy converter were conducted in a wave flume …